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The Western Michigan* Genealogical Society (www.wmgs.org) was founded in 1954 with the purpose of preserving and making available for genealogical research the records of our ancestors; encouraging and assisting members in genealogical research; promoting the exchange of knowledge and encouraging the deposit of genealogical records in established libraries and archives.

*Includes Kent County and the counties immediately surrounding; namely Ottawa, Muskegon, Newaygo, Montcalm, Ionia, Barry and Allegan Counties. There is some extension beyond these counties into other areas of the Western Lower Peninsula.

Browsing Posts published in March, 2010

SATURDAY, APRIL 24 The Ionia County Genealogical Society has graciously offered to host a special WMGS day at their research room in Lake Odessa. The room is at the Freight Station Museum, directly behind the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society Depot Museum at 1117 Emerson Street, Lake Odessa, MI. When? Saturday April 24th from 9:00 […]

I will sometimes get questions from members and I do my best to answer them all. This week I received an email from Tom D. “Have a question about the meaning of the phrase ‘was not between 16 and 45 when children were born in marriage.’ When bringing up “possible record problems” in my personal […]